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pickles, pickled vegetables
Vegetables preserved by pickling in salt, rice bran, vinegar, sake lees, or miso.
漬物は日本の食事に欠かせない。
Pickles are essential to Japanese meals.
自家製の漬物を作っています。
I make homemade pickles.
ご飯のお供に漬物がある。
There are pickles as a side dish for rice.
ご飯のお供 means accompaniments for rice
祖母が漬けた漬物はとてもおいしい。
The pickles my grandmother makes are very delicious.
日本の旅館では朝食に漬物が出ることが多い。
Japanese inns often serve pickles with breakfast.
漬物 refers to Japanese-style pickled vegetables, a staple side dish served with most traditional meals. Vegetables are preserved using salt, rice bran, vinegar, miso, or sake lees.
MAJOR TYPES:
- 糠漬け: rice bran pickles
- 塩漬け: salt pickles
- 醤油漬け: soy sauce pickles
- 味噌漬け: miso pickles
- 酢漬け: vinegar pickles
COMMON VEGETABLES:
大根 (daikon), きゅうり (cucumber), 白菜 (napa cabbage), なす (eggplant).
ALTERNATE NAMES:
Also called お新香 or お香々 in polite or traditional speech.
CULTURAL NOTE:
漬物 is served as a side dish with almost every traditional Japanese meal. Many households make their own, and regional varieties are a source of local pride.